June 10, 2021
A good rule for everyone is: “If you can see it (lightning), flee it; if you can hear it (thunder), clear it.” The “30-30 rule” says that if you can count 30 seconds or less between seeing a lightning flash and hearing the thunder, take shelter and stay there until 30 minutes after you last hear thunder, according to environmentalists.
A man has died after he was struck by lightning on Wednesday while on a New Jersey golf course in the afternoon, ABC6 Action News has reported.
It happened around 3:45 p.m. at the Burlington Country Club located on the 100 block of Burrs Road in Westampton Township in New Jersey.
Officials told Action News that a man was struck by lightning while playing golf between the 6th and 7th holes during a thunderstorm.
According to Westampton Township police, the victim was found under a tree; detectives believe he was seeking shelter there.
Police also say the tree was struck by the lightning bolt first.
The victim has not been identified.
“It was bizarre,” said neighbor Norm Jones, who lives right by the golf course.
He says that it didn’t really look like a storm was coming through Wednesday afternoon.
“It was sunny; thundering and lightning with the sun out,” said Jones.
Meteorologist Adam Joseph reminds residents that there’s no safe place outdoors during a storm.
In the blink of an eye, dark clouds can roll in and a thunderstorm can turn the course into an unsafe environment, especially if you are far from the clubhouse. Add to the fact that golf is a game played with metal implements and things even more dangerous. … You should move away from your clubs and golf cart.
June 10, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF
News is circulating that Tiger Woods has declined an invitation to join the commentary booth for the June 17-20 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. Still in recovery from a serious single-car crash in February, the winner of the 2008 U.S. Open had then played on an injured knee to capture the tournament in an 18-hole playoff that went one extra hole. Woods clinched the victory with a par 4 on the seventh hole.
Woods is said to have rejected the assignment to call the action at the third major competition of the year during a conference call with NBC Sports broadcasters.
NBC Reaction:
“… Who better, if he couldn’t be there to play it, to voice it and have him a part of the show,” NBC’s Dan Hicks said. “But we were rebuffed.”
“He didn’t want to do it, and I totally understand his situation,” Hicks said. “There is a lot going on in his world right now and there’s also a part of Tiger that doesn’t want to become this, I don’t want to, for lack of a better word, a sideshow at an event where we should be concentrating on what’s happening.”
June 10, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF
It’s a sticky situation for two-time major winner Angel ‘Pato’ Cabrera, one of the most successful Latin Americans to play professional golf. Cabrera was extradited on Tuesday from Brazil to his native Argentina to face domestic violence accusations brought by several women, reports aft.com.
Cabrera plays on both the European Tour and PGA Tour and he is known affectionately as “El Pato” in Spanish for his waddling gait. He has won the 2007 US Open and 2009 Masters. Cabrera was arrested in Rio de Janeiro in January of this year at Argentina’s request, accused of violence against his partner, an ex-partner and his ex-wife.
It was reported that 51-year-old Cabrera and another Argentine, age 42, who faces femicide charges, were both handed over to Argentine authorities at a border bridge in the city of Foz do Iguacu, federal police said.
The statement did not identify them, but a source close to the investigation told AFP one of the men was Cabrera. A Brazilian court authorized Cabrera’s extradition in May. He has denied wrongdoing.
This is not the first arrest go-round for alleged acts of violence by Cabrera. In February 2017 the New York Post reported the golf champion was accused of trying to run down his ex-girlfriend with a van. The former Masters and US Open champion was investigated for allegedly causing “minor injuries” to Cecilia Torres Mana.
Mana had accused Cabrera of striking her, threatening her and then attempting to run her over with a van. A spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office in Cordoba, western Argentina, said that Cabrera had been interviewed and released. These events are alleged to have taken place on Dec. 21 in the city of Villa Allende, in the western province of Cordoba, where both resided.
June 10, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF
At today’s American Century Championship media day and media conference call with 11-time NBA All-Star and golf aficionado Charles Barkley, he shares several interesting updates on topics discussed including his improved golf game. But hold he applause, because, “Sir Barkley” is about to showcase his keenly honed skills at the upcoming American Century Championship which is taking place July 9-11 at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Lake Tahoe.
The tournament will be televised by NBC Sports and featuring the strongest field in the 32-year history of the championship and give fans a front-row seat to observe Barkley’s ‘better game’.
Barkley, a 1993 NBA Most Valuable Player, spoke about the NBA Playoffs and provided his opinion on the stakes of the games and its players. As a passionate golfer, Barkley emphasizing his friendship with Phil Mickelson and the experience of competing with him in November 2020 in “The Match,” where the duo —Mickelson and the 25-handicap Barkley— got the job done in convincing fashion, winning 4 and 3 on Friday at Stone Canyon Club in Oro Valley, Arizona.
Stone Canyon is still the only Tucson-area golf course to be listed on Golf Digest’s Top 100 courses in the United States. Initially, the club was open only to residents who owned property in the area. Stone Canyon has since opened its membership to anyone willing to pay a $20,000 fee.
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Barkley has been competing in the American Century for several years. Heis excited about showcasing his new and improved golf skills at the tournament and, hopefully, will finish in the top-70 (80+ field).
The full field list for The American Century Championship can be found HERE.
June 9, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF
Feeling and playing your best during a round of golf is important when your goal is to perform at your peak. Weather it’s in a frosty, early morning round, or at high-noon in direct sunlight, or perhaps an after-work, early evening tee time, feeling and playing good are connected.
What is the best way to stay refreshed, hydrated and nourished while engaging in a round? During a recently conducted study it was found that when we start to sweat during physical activity, hydrations levels in our bodies is reduced. Important to note is that should these levels drop by just a minuscule 2%, our strength, muscle speed, coordination and the ability to make clear decisions are also impacted.
In golf, each of these functions are needed during a round of play, rather for leisure or competition. And, did you know that these particular functions make up 95% of the game? In this case, one can see why it is very crucial to keep your body well hydrated when playing, especially during those hot, summer days.
Have you ever been in the situation of finding yourself playing a great round, ten, somewhere between the 14th and 18th hole, noticing that you are becoming sluggish and not as focused? This could most likely be due to the amount of fluids that you are loosing through perspiration.
Then, comes the question of how much, should you be consuming during your round of golf? Well, let’s take a look.
What hydration works best?
Experts say that water is the most important thing you should be consuming during your round. They recommend that a golfer should consume between 8-16oz of water before the start of a round, then 4-8oz every 15-30 minutes while on the course.
Certainly, some golfers will perspire more, or less, than others and need to consume water with that in mind, altering their intake accordingly.
When water is consumed during activity the blood becomes easier to transport it to the areas of the body which are most in need of it. If you are dehydrated, your blood is thicker and nutrients move through it slower which will increase your heart rate. This is definitely some that you do not want to happen while you are playing golf, or any activity.
So, be sure to check with your doctor and prepare for your golfing rounds by intaking water before, during and after you hit those greens.
June 8, 2021
The 12th Junior Ryder Cup will be contested between the U.S. and Europe
at Blue Mound Golf & Country Club near Milwaukee, Sept. 20-21, 2021
- For complete United States Junior Ryder Cup Team standings, click here.
- For European Junior Ryder Cup Team information, click here.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (June 8, 2021) – As the countdown is on to the 12th Junior Ryder Cup at Blue Mound Golf & Country Club in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Sept. 20-21, 2021, the PGA of America has updated the final official qualifying events and eligibility rules for the selection of the United States Junior Ryder Cup Team.
The Junior Ryder Cup is scheduled to resume this September after being postponed last year due to the pandemic. The U.S. Team will feature six boys and six girls who are U.S. citizens and members of the high school graduating class of 2022 or younger. All potential players must compete in the 2021 Girls or Boys Junior PGA Championship to be eligible, unless exceptional circumstances prevent the player from competing. There will be 10 players who qualify as exemptions, and two Captain’s picks by United States Team Captain and PGA Past President Derek Sprague.
“The Junior PGA Championships will be super exciting, as they will determine the final teams for this year’s Junior Ryder Cup,” said Sprague, PGA General Manager of TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
The final U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Team will be announced by the PGA of America on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, following the 45th Girls Junior PGA Championship. They will face a European Junior Ryder Cup Team selected by Captain Paul Lawrie and a selection committee. Lawrie won the 1999 Open Championship and has played in two Ryder Cups.
“The best junior golfers in the United States will comprise a formidable team that will travel to Milwaukee this fall, as we proudly represent our country and compete against Europe’s top players in this special international event,” added Sprague.
The Americans are vying for their seventh straight Junior Ryder Cup victory, holding an overall record of 7-3-1 in the event. Among the competition’s alumni are major champions, PGA Tour and LPGA Tour players including: Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Tony Finau, Hunter Mahan, Akshay Bhatia, Lexi Thompson, Alison Lee, Brittany Altomare and Yealimi Noh of the United States; and Rory McIlroy, Sergio Garcia, Nicolas Colsaerts, Suzann Pettersen, Emily Pedersen and Carlota Ciganda of Europe.
To be eligible for the 12th U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Team, all players must compete in their respective Junior PGA Championship and achieve one of the following qualifications:
Exemptions:
- 2021 Boys Junior PGA Champion winner and runner-up (total of 2 boys)* – To be contested July 12-15, 2021. In an event there is a tie for 2nd place between two eligible players, there will be a hole-by-hole playoff immediately following play to determine the spot.
- 2021 Girls Junior PGA Champion and runner-up (total of 2 girls)* – To be contested July 27-30, 2021. In an event there is a tie for 2nd place between two eligible players, there will be a hole-by-hole playoff immediately following play to determine the spot.
- 2021 U.S. Girls Junior Champion** – To be contested July 12-17, 2021. If the champion is not eligible, the next highest ranked player on the United States Junior Ryder Cup points list will be selected.
- 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur Champion** – To be contested July 19-24, 2021. If the champion is not eligible, the next highest ranked player on the United States Junior Ryder Cup points list will be selected.
- Top two boys and top two girls from the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Points List (see charts below) Events earning points include: multiple AJGA Invitationals, USGA Junior Amateurs, Junior PGA Championships and select independent events. In addition, points are awarded to those juniors who make the cut in a 2019, 2020 or 2021 PGA Tour, LPGA Tour or USGA national event. All U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Points List ties will be broken by each player’s respective 2021 Junior PGA Championship finish.
*In the event of a tie for 2nd place between two eligible players in either the 2021 Girls Junior PGA Championship and/or 2021 Boys Junior PGA Championship, there will be a hole-by-hole playoff immediately following play to determine the spot. If the champion or runner-up is not eligible, the next highest ranked player on the corresponding U.S. Junior Ryder Cup points list will be selected.
**If the 2021 U.S. Girls Junior Champion and/or the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur Champion is not eligible, the next highest ranked player on the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup points list will be selected.
Captain’s Picks:
- The final two spots will be one boy and one girl Captain’s pick. For these selections, the PGA of America will consider multiple national ranking systems, such as Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings, Junior Golf Scoreboard, Rolex AJGA Rankings and World Amateur Golf Rankings to pinpoint the remaining top boy and girl selections.
| 12th U.S. JUNIOR RYDER CUP TEAM POINTS SYSTEM | |||
| Rank | 2019-2021 Premier Championships | 2019-2021 Top Events | Cuts Made in PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, Korn Ferry Tour, Symetra Tour, USGA National Events (2019-21) |
| 1st | 675 | 375 | 375 per cut made |
| 2nd | 360 | 180 | — |
| 3rd | 320 | 160 | — |
| 4th | 280 | 140 | — |
| 5th | 240 | 120 | — |
| 6th | 200 | 100 | — |
| 7th | 160 | 80 | — |
| 8th | 120 | 60 | — |
| 9th | 80 | 40 | — |
| 10th | 40 | 20 | — |
| 11th – 15th | 20 | — | — |
| UPCOMING 2021 GIRLS PREMIER EVENTS | |||
| Rolex Girls Junior Championship | June 14-18, 2021 | Robert Trent Jones Golf Club | Gainesville, Va. |
| Polo Golf Junior Classic # | June 28-July 2, 2021 | Liberty National Golf Club | Jersey City, N.J. |
| U.S. Girls Junior | July 12-17, 2021 | Columbia Country Club | Colorado Springs, Colo. |
| 45th Girls Junior PGA Championship | July 27-30, 2021 | Valhalla Golf Club | Louisville, Ky. |
| UPCOMING 2021 BOYS PREMIER EVENTS | |||
| AJGA Invitational at Sedgefield | June 14-18, 2021 | Sedgefield C.C. – Donald Ross Course | Greensboro, N.C. |
| Polo Golf Junior Classic # | June 28-July 2, 2021 | Liberty National Golf Club | Jersey City, N.J. |
| 45th Boys Junior PGA Championship | July 12-15, 2021 | Kearney Hill Golf Links | Lexington, Ky. |
| U.S. Junior Amateur | July 19-24, 2021 | Country Club of North Carolina | Pinehurst, N.C. |
| UPCOMING 2021 BOYS TOP EVENTS | |||
| Western Junior Championship | June 21-24, 2021 | Onwentsia Club | Lake Forest, Ill. |
# Only the eight players advancing to elimination will receive points for the
Polo Golf Junior Classic.
CURRENT GIRLS U.S. JUNIOR RYDER CUP TEAM POINTS STANDINGS
(As of June 8, 2021)
1st – Alexa Pano, Lake Worth, Fla. – 4585
2nd – Megha Ganne, Holmdel, N.J. – 2910
3rd – Sophie Linder, Carthage, Tenn. – 1490
4th – Avery Zweig, Dallas – 1475
5th – Paris Hilinski, Los Angeles – 1185
6th – Amari Avery, Riverside, Calif. – 1171.6
7th – Sara Im, Duluth, Ga., 950
8th – Grace Summerhays, Scottsdale, Ariz. – 872.5
9th – Kaitlyn Schroeder, Jacksonville, Fla. – 870
10th – Jacqueline Putrino, Lakewood Ranch, Fla. – 770CURRENT BOYS U.S. JUNIOR RYDER CUP TEAM POINTS STANDINGS
(As of June 8, 2021)
1st – Luke Potter, Encinitas, Calif. – 1930
2nd – Ben James, Milford, Conn. – 1610
3rd – Caleb Surratt, Indian Trail, N.C. – 1160
4th – Wells Williams, West Point, Miss. – 1091.6
5th – Nicholas Dunlap, Huntsville, Ala. – 821
6th – Luke Clanton, Miami Lakes, Fla. – 770
7th – Bruce Murphy, Johns Creek, Ga. – 735
8th – Thomas Morrison, Dallas – 585.5
9th – Sean-Karl Dobson, Austin, Texas – 580
10th – Jack Turner, Orlando, Fla. – 555
The idea for the Junior Ryder Cup came about in 1995, when a team of Europeans, including Sergio Garcia, played an informal exhibition match against the Central New York PGA Section and area juniors. Two years later, the Junior Ryder Cup was formally introduced as an event at Alcaidesa Links Golf Course, in Cadiz, Spain, and won by the United States, 7-5.
The United States captured the 2018 Junior Ryder Cup at Disneyland Paris 12 1/2 to 11 1/2 for its sixth consecutive victory.
| YEAR | WINNER | SCORE | LOCATION | |
| Inaugural | 1997 | United States | 7 – 5 | Sotogrande, Spain |
| 2nd | 1999 | Europe | 10½ – 1½ | Boston |
| 3rd | 2002 | Europe | 9½ – 2½ | Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland |
| 4th | 2004 | Europe | 8½ – 3½ | Westfield Center, Ohio |
| 5th | 2006 | Halved | 6 – 6 | Newport, Wales |
| 6th | 2008 | United States | 22-2 | Bowling Green, Ky. |
| 7th | 2010 | United States | 13½ – 10½ | Gleneagles, Scotland |
| 8th | 2012 | United States | 14½- 9½ | Olympia Fields, Ill. |
| 9th | 2014 | United States | 16-8 | Blairgowrie, Scotland |
| 10th | 2016 | United States | 15½ – 8½ | Minneapolis |
| 11th | 2018 | United States | 12 ½-11 ½ | Paris, France |
| 12th | 2021 | —- | —- | Wauwatosa, Wis. |
June 8, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF
While golfing icon Tiger Woods resumes his in-home recovery from the Southern California SUV accident, his caddie, Joe LaCava, is making a return to professional golf this week. On Woods’ bag for his 2019 Masters win, LaCava will now be seen at the Principal Charity Classic in Des Moines, this week caddying for Fred Couples.
LaCava made several statement to TennisWorldUSA:
“Yeah, loopin for Fred in Des Moines. Actually eating pasta watching hockey with him right now. Like nothing has changed 10 years later! Would kill to be working for TW in Columbus. Of course I miss it.
“Love Fred like a brother” Alena Sharp is a 16-year LPGA Tour veteran and Olympic athlete from Canada. He wrote an article for the LPGA web site. “I’ve been married to my wife Sarah Bowman, who is also my caddie, since November of 2020 and our union is more accepted now than at any point in history.”
“People view us now as married people. We’re the couple, just like any other. That’s a big jump from just a few years ago and lightyears from where society was when I was a kid. I’m 40 now and have been on the LPGA Tour for 16 years.
LaCava admitted to TennisWorlsUSA that was he was a rookie, “my friends and family knew that I was gay. But it wasn’t something that I publicized. I didn’t want to alienate any potential sponsors and didn’t want to put any of my existing sponsors in an awkward spot.”
LaCave also shared with the publication that he wasn’t “closeted”: “I just lived my life quietly, keeping my orientation out of the public eye. Even that was better than the way society viewed us when I was young. I noticed when I was 15 -years-old that I was finding women more attractive than men.”
He continued, “I tried not to think about it, but it was always there. My last year of junior golf, when I was 17, I realized it more. It’s hard because you’re a kid and having feelings that you don’t understand. But who can you tell? I was raised Catholic where the teachings were clear: It is a sin.”
LaCava revealed that his grandparents and parents went to Mass and followed the precepts of their faith, so he was unable to confide in them. “I already knew what the priests would say. And this isn’t exactly a conversation that you have with teenaged friends,” he told TennisWorldUSA.com.
When LaCava headed off to college he shared that his confusion excelled to the point where he was “really confused because I was dating men and afraid to date a woman. I knew I wanted to; I knew by then that I was strongly attracted to women, but at that time there was an inherent fear. A fear of rejection; a fear of discrimination; a fear of being shut out and closed off from the relationships that mattered most to me at the time,” he told TennisWorldUSA.com.
“And there was, at times, a palpable fear of physical harm. There were still parts of the United States and Canada where you could be assaulted because of your orientation. So, in addition to all the other things a college freshman goes through, I battled all those questions, feeling, and fears”
By Leland Hardy | June 8, 2021
The Olympic Club, San Francisco, CA: There’s a reason they we’re here. It’s because they’re the very best that the world has to offer in this grandest of games – golf. This contest of contests pitted the world’s best golfers against one another in a true test of skill, smarts, will, and grit from which, as the cliché goes, only the strong survive.
More than any other Major Championship, though, the U.S. Women’s Open doubles as veritable electron microscope for burgeoning talent, permitting the world’s golf fans to see what the future of the sport will look like by letting us see tomorrow’s stars today as they are hardened like so many diamonds under the immense pressure of the world’s stage, and the intense heat of the event’s many moments.
The U.S. Women’s Open is a showcase of new faces as the game of golf continues to evolve, though more slowly than many would hope, from a game available to and played by the privileged country club set and followed by elitists, into a game played by a kaleidoscope of players of all backgrounds, especially those we seldom see at meticulously manicured private country clubs like The Olympic Club. One of those new faces at the Major Championship level is that of Amari Avery, the 17 year old teen golf sensation from Riverside, CA who made history in qualifying for the tournament.
When the players’ first round tee times are announced every player in the field has a blank scorecard. What later gets written on those score cards is based upon a host of factors, not the least of which are the players’ abilities to take all of the fine tuning of their swing, all of the seeds of wisdom inculcated in them by coaches, and all of their unique intangibles from the driving range and their practice rounds to the tee box once it becomes “lights, camera, action” time and the competition begins in earnest.
Lights, Camera, Action!
A great many of those lights and cameras were focused on Avery for three primary reasons;
1) when the action begins she has an enviable track record of coming up big in big moments, e.g. winning the 2019-2020 California Women’s Amateur Championship and becoming the youngest golfer ever and first ever African American woman to do so;
2) Avery is pegged as one of the brightest hopes for America’s return to the top of the heap where America stood before the great Se Ri Pak’s LPGA Tour rookie season inspired a nation to take on the world (Pak, then the only Korean woman on tour, won 2 majors in her debut LPGA Tour season becoming a near deity in her native South Korea), and;
3) Avery’s ascension to the apogee of golf portends the opening of floodgates of Black and Brown players with rabid interest in becoming world champions because, unlike Tiger Woods or anyone else before or since, she has both that “it” factor and that “cool” factor that resonates with fans such that they genuinely believe that they can be like Amari. Case in point was a young gentleman and his 7-year-old son who had driven for two hours and had already been waiting for nearly an hour at the 9th tee to see Amari tee off at her matutinal 7:22AM Round 2 tee time.
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On day 1, hole number 1
On day 1, hole number 1 of this past week’s U.S. Women’s Open, Amari was taught a lesson that only the best golf teacher in the world, i.e. experience, can teach. Amari’s tee shot found the left rough about 240 yards off the tee. Unfortunately, as proof positive that the ONLY way to have success at The Olympic Club is to hit fairways and a lot of ’em, Amari’s second shot barely advanced, staying in that same, nasty, ugly, unforgiving rough.
After gathering her wits about herself, and after consultation with her caddie, she landed her approach shot just short of the green for an up-and-down that had her make bogey, but that could easily have had her start the tournament with a double or even a triple bogey.
While Avery did not seize upon as many of the the first round scoring opportunities that arose from her hitting the majority of the course’s greens in regulation as she would have liked, she did showcase her deft touch around the greens and masterful putting skills with some tremendous birdie putts and par saves, including this 25 footer that let everyone in her ever growing gallery know that – to borrow an investment term from the nearby Sand Hill Road venture capital community in Silicon Valley – they were witnessing “an early stage superstar with nothing but upside.”
On the very next hole she slammed in a 35 footer to save her par and to keep alive the hope that she could get things going to pick up a shot or two to stay in the mix. She finished the day with a respectable 5 over par 77 to stay within reach of making the cut.
3 Day Recap
Day #1 saw another great American hopeful put on a scintillating display of course management, putting, and iron accuracy as Amari’s close friend from the Junior Golf circuit and fellow 17-year-old starlet, Holmdel, NJ’s Megha Ganne, deservedly stole the show by taking the outright tournament lead into the clubhouse with a spectacular 4 under par 68.
On Day #2, “moving day,” as it were, unfortunately Amari was unable to escape the wrath of the Olympic Club’s unforgiving rough, or the ultra challenging pre-tournament grooming affected by Director of Golf Maintenance, Troy Flanagan, who is one of the world’s best at his craft. Amari’s dream to make the cut and to play into the weekend at the Open would go unfulfilled for at least one more year as she finished with a two day aggregate score of 11 over par, just a few missed putts and missed fairways over the +6 cut line.
As a barometer, Amari finished 1 stroke better than former U.S. Women’s Open Champion, Michelle Wie-West, and three shots better than the current world #1 ranked amateur golfer, Rose Zhang, both of whom also missed the cut. Time will tell if Amari gets the opportunity to play in another Major Championship before qualifying her way into the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open taking place next June at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C.
Speaking of dreams, America and the world can look forward to dream final round pairings of Avery and Ganne for years to come. American golf is well on the road to restored leadership, indeed, in the very capable hands of those two prodigies.
June 7, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF
Did you know that Ghana has a strong presence in the sport of golf?
The Professional Golfers’ Association of Ghana is a Ghanaian organization of golf professionals.
Founded in Achimota Golf Club in December 1975. The organization is a non-profit and as of this production, the PGA Ghana is currently made up of seventy-five men professional members. The objectives of the association include:
1. To promote the national and international interests of the professional golfers in Ghana while boosting their image.
2. To enhance the skills of its members, encourage amateur and junior golfers alike and promote golf awareness within the general public. This would stimulate interest in the game of golf, and generate an overall appreciation of the game.
3. To organize, annually, an appropriate PGA Tournament and other events as sanctioned by the Executive Committee
4. To ensure strict adherence to the general R&A and USGA Rules of Golf as well as those provided in the bye-laws of the association.
Additional details about the Professional Golfers’ Association of Ghana can be found at pgaghana.com
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June 7, 2021 | BY AAGD STAFF
Regretfully, this year July 9-11 King Whitner Pro-Am has been canceled, according to an announcement sent out by Paul Cunningham, tournament manager. The event was scheduled to be held in Greenville, SC and plans are in the works for continuing the challenge in 2022.
“I hope that all golfers will have a blessed summer and we’re looking forward to seeing everyone in Asheville, NC, July 13-15 2021 for the 61 Annual Skyview Pro-AM,” said Cunningham. The annual Skyview Pro-AM is held to benefit the Billy E. P. Gardenhight Scholarship and Elderly Programs and the tournament course has been featured in the documentary MUNI.
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WESTFIELD CENTER, OH – June 03, 2021 – With commitment and passion to offer opportunities to underrepresented communities, Westfield Country Club, together with industry leaders from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) and Golf.MyFuture.MyGame, is proud to announce the first “Careers in Golf Development” program.
Four college students are participating in a three-month internship experience at Westfield Country Club in the Golf Operations and Golf Course Management departments. The students are all rising sophomores and include students from Albion College, located in Albion, MI and Howard University which is a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) located in Washington DC.
“’Golf. My Future. My Game.’ works to engage, open doors, expose opportunities and create a platform for a greater comfort level with the game and industry of golf,” said Craig Kirby, CEO of Golf. My Future. My Game. “The selected students are from various backgrounds and regions represent diverse interests and will have the opportunity of a lifetime. At the end of the internship, my hope is the students realize that golf is more than a game; golf is a lifetime experience with unparalleled possibilities.”
Learn more about the Careers in Golf Development program and each of the interns by watching this short video:
The primary outcome of the program is to create a diverse pool of future talent for the Westfield Country Club and the golf industry. The first year is anticipated to be a “year of learning” to iterate and make future decisions on program direction. Along with learning operational elements, the program includes exposure to how golf is used to conduct business, create awareness of golf industry careers as well as learning golf and business etiquette. The internship runs from May through August.
“The Westfield Country Club is honored to be the first club to host this program and offer well-rounded exposure to golf and golf course management learning experiences,” said Mark Jordan, Natural Resources Leader at Westfield Country Club and current GCSAA President. “Together with our golf industry and educational partners, we are working to foster greater diversity in both the business and sport of golf.”
About Westfield
Westfield was founded in 1848 by a small group of hard-working farmers who believed in the promise of the future and the power of the individual. Today, as one of the nation’s leading property and casualty (P&C) companies, we remain true to their vision and are dedicated to your protection and prosperity and to the progress of our community. Learn more about Westfield at www.westfieldinsurance.com.